1st Edition

A Political Biography of Sarah Fielding

By Christopher D Johnson Copyright 2017
288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

288 Pages
by Routledge

A Political Biography of Sarah Fielding provides the most complete discussion of Fielding’s works and career currently available. Tracing the development of Fielding’s artistic and instructive agendas from her earliest publications forward, Johnson presents a compelling portrait of a deeply read author who sought to claim a place within literary culture for women’s experiences. As a practical... Read more

Introduction





Chapter 1. The Making of a Novelist





Chapter 2. Her Own Story: The Adventures of David Simple





Chapter 3. Familiar Letters between the Principal Characters of David Simple





Chapter 4. The Governess, A New Experiment in Fiction





Chapter 5. Forays into Literary Criticism





Chapter 6. David Simple, Volume the Last





Chapter 7. Collaboration and Innovation, The Cry





Chapter 8. The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia





Chapter 9. The History of the Countess of Dellwyn





Conclusion

Biography

Christopher D. Johnson is professor of English and Director of the McNair Institute at Francis Marion University. His recent publications include a festschrift in honor of Jerry C. Beasley (2011) and essays on Henry and Sarah Fielding, Philip Doddridge, Oliver Goldsmith, and John Dryden.